geocode-with-nominatim-and-jquery.js

// the location we want to GeoCode
var location = 'London';

// we are using MapQuest's Nominatim service
var geocode = 'http://open.mapquestapi.com/search?format=json&q=' + location;

// use jQuery to call the API and get the JSON results
$.getJSON(geocode, function(data) {
  // get lat + lon from first match
  var latlng = [data[0].lat, data[0].lon]]
  console.log(latlng);

  // let's stringify it
  var latlngAsString = latlng.join(',');
  console.log(latlngAsString);

  // the full results JSON
  console.log(data);
});